Students from the International Department of Tsinghua High School participated in the first "Baihui Cup" Chinese Debate Competition for International schools and achieved good results

On the morning of November 19, 2016, the first International School Chinese Debate Competition was held at Dulwich British International School in Beijing。The International Department of Tsinghua High School sent a total of three teams, two teams to participate in the junior group competition and one team to participate in the senior group competition。In the three group debate competition, the three teams of the International Department fought fiercely and won a victory。Sofia Rong and Angela Yang, Grade 8 students in Junior middle School group, and Grade 11 Jingjing Gao, a senior middle school group, received the honorary title of the best debater。At the same time, the International Department of Tsinghua High School won the Excellent Team award。

In this activity, the judges are not only teachers from Peking University, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and other universities scientific research units, but also enthusiastic parents from the parent group。The debate competition is conducted in accordance with the competition system of the two school groups, and the winner of each group is determined at the end。Junior and senior high school competitions are held simultaneously in different arenas。The first team of the Junior Middle School of the International Department of Tsinghua High School played against the opposing team of Dulwich British International School of Beijing. The debate topic was that family education is more important VS school education is more important。At the same time, the first team of Dulwich British International School of Suzhou played against the second team of the junior middle School group of the International Department of Tsinghua High School. The topic of the debate was to shield parents from the circle of friends VS do not shield parents from the circle of friends。After the end of the debate competition in full swing, after a short rest, the competition of the senior middle school group officially began。Students from the International Department of the High School affiliated to Tsinghua University faced the opposition Dulwich International School in Beijing. The debate was that prosperity is more conducive to human growth versus adversity。

Every game is a tense competition, you sing and I come on stage, sonorous arguments, quotations of evidence......The debate arena, the storm again, the two sides you come to me, the verbal sword, the air filled with the clash of thinking sparks。Let's take a closer look at one of the games。

The second team of the Junior Middle School of the International Department played against Dulwich International School Suzhou as the opposing team. With the host saying "Go", the opposing team made a statement for 3 minutes each。At the beginning of the argument，From the perspective of cultivating individual independence consciousness，Briefly expounded the "circle of friends to shield parents" this point of view，On the other hand, the students of the International Department of Tsinghua High School are from the perspective of affection and gratitude，Friends circle is one of the convenient ways to communicate with parents，State the idea that "friends should not block parents"。Attack and debate, the two sides of the players argue, talk, always around the "circle of friends should not shield parents" launched a fierce debate。In the free debate session, the two sides were even more confrontational. Our students responded promptly to each other's questions with witty remarks. Their witty, calm and confident performance impressed the judges and the audience。In the free debate session, our students' views were interlinked and fully demonstrated. Their tacit and fluent answers and answers pushed the whole activity to a climax。In the end, after three minutes of concluding statements from both players, the game also came to a successful end。After the game，The judges commented on both sides，The International students' ability to respond flexibly won unanimous recognition from the judges and the audience，Our students put forward "when our parents are old，They also need the company and understanding of their children，The idea that they also need the care of their children "deeply touched all the audience present，It is the scene of a judge teacher tears。Finally, after the judges' judgment, the students of the International Department of Tsinghua High School won the debate contest。

The event was jointly organized by Dulwich British International School Beijing and Haijia Bilingual International School Beijing。The activity attracted the participation of 12 schools, including the International Department of Tsinghua High School, Beijing Dingshi School and Beijing British School。Based on the principle of fairness and justice, the debate competition not only cultivates students' critical thinking ability and solidarity and cooperation ability, but also improves their language expression ability and adaptability, promotes communication and exchanges with other international schools, and well demonstrates the extraordinary confidence and style of international students。